Sissel

Sissel Kyrkjebø (born June 24, 1969 in Bergen, Norway), also known as just Sissel, is a Norwegian singer. She is best known for singing the Olympic Hymn (Hymne Olympique) at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, for duets with Plácido Domingo, Warren G and The Chieftains, and for participation on the Titanic film soundtrack. Also she performed during the intermission of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986 in Bergen, opening act of the winter Olympic games in 1994 at Lillehammer, voice to the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish version of “the little mermaid, Sung on the Titanic album (‘My heart will go on’ was originally written to her), Royal Variety show in London 1995, Preformed at annual Christmas concert in Vienna, 2000 Nobel peace price concert with Josh Groban singing “the prayer”, toured with The Lord of the Rings Symphony Tour in 2004 and her latest achievement is a number one on the Billboard classical charts with the christmas album “Spirit of the Season - with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring Sissel” Sissel's musical style runs the gamut from pop recordings and folk songs to classical vocals. Her work on the soundtrack to Titanic has led to comparisons with Irish singer Enya. Sissel's combined solo record sales (not including soundtracks and other albums to which she contributed) amount to over 9 million albums sold, most of them in Norway -- a country with only 4.5 million people. She’s released over 14 studio albums, her Christmas album from 1986 is the best selling album in Norway ever with almost one mill copies sold! She’s featured on several soundtracks and sold well over nine million albums world wide and her popularity continues to grow! She truly is a northern star! Here are the lyrics to her song "Ready to go home": On this street below these walls Where I used to walk now I can barely crawl All this darkness rise and tall Lord shine a light for me I’m ready to be caught I’m ready to go home I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins I’m ready to begin Take this river to the sea Where the delta flows The tide is washing over me Guide this soul to heavens door Show me where tomorrow lays I’m waiting to be born I’m ready to lay down I’m ready now to sleep a promise I must keep I’m ready to go home So time I’ll lay down with these memories Breathe the shallow deep inside of me If time has run its course with me I’m ready to go home I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins I’m ready to begin When the evening shadows fall When the time has come I let defences fall To surrenders to survive I will give up everything to those I leave behind I’m ready to go home I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins I’m ready to begin I’m ready to lay down I’m ready now to sleep a promise I must keep I’m ready to go home, again Going home again